A Day in the Life: User Experience at Rock Creek Strategic Marketing

This presentation was given as part of the Rock Creek, General Assembly, Chief, and exploreUX event. The event was followed by a panel discussion. Description is below.
Considering a career as a User Experience Designer? Curious about what a day-to-day job looks like in UX? Looking to hire and want to know what to look for in an entry-level employee? Join General Assembly and Rock Creek Strategic Marketing's user experience design team for a presentation and panel discussion to learn how Rock Creek practices UX in D.C. Learn about getting started in the field and about the day-to-day demands of User Experience, as well as where it’s headed.

During the upcoming session you will:

• Discover best practices of top-notch UX Designers in their everyday work
• Talk with a panel of experts, hear about their professional experience
• See what it's like to work at a digital agency
• Explore different options for branching into UX Design
• Discuss how UX Designers are found and hired

Panelists

• Andrew Wachholz, UX Practice Lead, Rock Creek
• Mackenzie Black, UX Strategist, Rock Creek
• Michelle Chin, Senior UX Strategist, Rock Creek, founder of exploreUX
• Faz Besharatian, Design Consultant, General Assembly Instructor
• Moderator: JoJo Spiker, Creative Director, Rock Creek

Transcript

1. USER EXPERIENCE AT ROCK CREEK STRATEGIC MARKETING July 23, 2014 Michelle Chin @soysaucechin | Andrew Wachholz @controlchat #ux-rc
2. • Introduction • Presentation on UX at Rock Creek • Panel discussion • Networking TONIGHT
3. Andrew Wachholz
 UX Practice Lead at Rock Creek WHO ARE WE?
4. Michelle Chin
 Sr. UX Strategist at Rock Creek
 Founder of exploreUX WHO ARE WE? Meetup: meetup.com/exploreUX Blog: exploreux.org
5. WHO ARE WE?
6. WHAT ARE UXers?
7. UX FOR THE WEB
8. DISCOVER DESIGN DEVELOP
18. WHAT HAPPENS?
19. BEFORE
20. AFTER
23. UX THE UX
31. UX BEYOND THE WEB UX BEYOND THE WEB
33. [Post it walls]
34. [Personas]
36. • UX for the web • UX the UX • UX beyond the web RECAP
37. LET’S TALK!
38. Faz Besharatian
 @faz Design Consultant
 UX Instructor at GA Rock Creek
 @rockcreeksm Mack Black
 @mknzblack UX Strategist
 Rock Creek Chief
 @mybigchief Michelle Chin
 @soysaucechin Senior UX Strategist
 Rock Creek General Assembly
 @GA_DC Andrew Wachholz
 @controlchat UX Practice Lead
 Rock Creek exploreUX
 @exploreUX JoJo Spiker (moderator)
 @jojospiker Creative Director
 Rock Creek
39. Photo Credits ! Slide 6 • Detective: http:/ /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wild,_Private_Detective#mediaviewer/ File:John_McQuade_Charlie_Wild,_Private_Detective_1951.JPG • Finger painter: https:/ /c1.staticflickr.com/9/8432/7722213438_f549e72ea7_z.jpg • Soccer team: https:/ /www.flickr.com/photos/paulscott56/6781763582/ • Dogs: http:/ /upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/
 Shetland_Sheepdog_and_Rough_Collie.jpg ! All other photos by Rock Creek (Andrew Wachholz, Lauren Moore, Michelle Chin, Steve Fultz)